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Consumption of Alcohol and Drugs in the School Population of Sao Tome and Principe
De Santiago, Isabel; Ribeiro, Ruy; Nicolau, Leonor Bacelar; Marinho, Rui Tato; Pereira-Miguel, JoséIntroduction: In Sao Tome and Principe there are no studies on alcohol and drug use among students, who could be potential allies in preventive interventions. The objectives of the present study are 1) to determine the frequency of alcohol and drug consumption in the school population, and 2) to identify the main characteristics associated with this behaviour.Material and Methods: We applied a biographical, dem...
Prevention Harmful Consumption of Alcohol and Drugs in Sao Tome and Principe Th...
De Santiago, Isabel; Nicolau, Leonor Bacelar; Marinho, Rui Tato; Pereira-Miguel, JoséIntroduction: Sao Tome and Principe is an African low-and-middle-income country, where extreme poverty causes major health inequalities. No systematic research has been done on the consumption of alcohol and drugs in Sao Tome and Principe, and only overall statistics are available based on the importation of alcoholic drinks and their distribution among the population. There are also no studies on consumption o...
Prevalência de hipertensão arterial em Portugal: resultados do Primeiro Inquéri...
Rodrigues, Ana P.; Gaio, Vânia; Kislaya, Irina; Graff-Iversen, Sidsel; Cordeiro, Eugénio; Silva, Ana C.; Namorado, Sónia; Barreto, Marta; Gil, Ana P.O estudo teve como objetivo estimar a distribuição da prevalência de hipertensão, seu conhecimento (awareness), tratamento e controlo na população portuguesa em 2015. Realizou-se um inquérito nacional com uma amostra representativa de 4911 indivíduos, com idade compreendida entre 25 e 74 anos e residentes em Portugal há mais de 12 meses. O inquérito foi realizado por profissionais de saúde com treino específico...